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The forgotten music of Boston's early hip-hop and rap scene is being revived by two unlikely heroes: a local college and the public library. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston have been working with the Boston Public Library to compile an online archive of demo tapes by the city's top hip-hop and rap artists of the 1980s. Open to the public, the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive was created in part to reclaim the city's role in the genres' history. "It's been an untold story," said Pacey Foster, a rap historian and professor at UMass.

The Broadway megahit "Hamilton" has already spawned a best-selling cast album, a PBS documentary and a book about its creation. Now it's spinning off a CD by fans who happen to be some of popular music's biggest stars.

Art Basel has become a new hub for rappers to express themselves outside of the recording booth with innovative exhibits and ambitious events. Emcees from around the country fly down to Dade County to dive headfirst further into the culture that has ruled the streets of Wynwood and Miami Beach for decades.

The forgotten music of Boston's early hip-hop and rap scene is being revived by two unlikely heroes: a local college and the public library. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston have been working with the Boston Public Library to compile an online archive of demo tapes by the city's top hip-hop and rap artists of the 1980s.

The forgotten music of Boston's early hip-hop and rap scene is being revived by two unlikely heroes: a local college and the public library. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston have been working with the Boston Public Library to compile an online archive of demo tapes by the city's top hip-hop and rap artists of the 1980s.

Musicians often excel in their early outings but struggle with the Muse as the indignities of middle-age, the challenge of matching their early signature work and the grind of album/tour/album kick in. As we all know, some aren't able or willing to find a way through the drugs and general misadventures - and as 90s rapper NAS said best, Life's a Bitch - So, just as we never got to read F Scott Fitzgerald , Nathanel West or David Foster Wallace confront the big 5 0 and the troubled hinterlands thereafter, so we'll never hear how Jeff Buckley , Amy Winehouse or Kurt Cobain or Chris Whitley dealt with ageing and creativity as the successes and temerity of youth fade in the rearview mirror.

For 28-year-old rapper Nick Grant , hailing from South Carolina is a symbol of pride. While his contemporaries can gush about being from prestigious rap lands like New York, Atlanta, or Houston, Grant is more than comfortable with placing the weight of his hometown Walterboro, South Carolina, on his shoulders.

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The forgotten music of Boston's early hip-hop and rap scene is being revived by two unlikely heroes: a local college and the public library. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston have been working with the Boston Public Library to compile an online archive of demo tapes by the city's top hip-hop and rap artists of the 1980s.

Fresh from impressive performances in The Bahamas and at the Mobay Jerk Fest in Montego Bay, Jamaica this week, the "Gully Gad", David "Mavado" Brooks arrived in Trinidad last night and will make the rounds of the media houses today to make his fans aware of his presence ahead of the "Big League Weekend - Main Concert Event tomorrow night. The "Progress" and "Big League" singer is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on the Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon this morning and will also visit the San Juan Senior Comprehensive School after lunch.